Accommodations

The Future Directions in Spatial Demography specialist meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m.
Monday, December 12 ending after dinner at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at the Upham Hotel in downtown
Santa Barbara. For your convenience, we have reserved a block of rooms at discounted rates for the meeting.
Suggested check in is Sunday, December 11, with a departure on Wednesday, December 14.

Please do not make your reservations directly with the Upham, but notify
Karen Doehner (kdoehner@spatial.ucsb.edu) of
your travel dates and lodging needs and she will provide the Upham Hotel with a guest list by November 15.
When you arrive at the Upham, reference our room block under “spatial.”

The Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA), approximately 8
miles west of downtown Santa Barbara, is most convenient and is served
by express airlines codesharing with the above airlines. For more info, see
Flysba.com.

From there, we recommend taking the Eos Transportation shuttle - very convenient and less expensive than taxis ($15-18 one-way versus $32-40 for a taxi).
There is usually a shuttle waiting at the airport for deplaning passengers, otherwise
there is a courtesy phone in the baggage claim area. Also, it's convenient
and a bit less expensive to schedule a round-trip with them. For more
info, see Eos Transportation.

Flying into Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is about
a 2-hour drive southeast of Santa Barbara and is served by most major
airlines and rental car companies. As an alternative to renting a car,
the Santa
Barbara Airbus can take you from LAX to either downtown Santa Barbara
or Goleta. They offer discounted rates for round-trips and pre-paid trips.
For schedules, fares, and pick-up/drop-off locations, please see
SantaBarbaraAirbus.com.

On the northern edge of the greater Los Angeles area, the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena
Airport (BUR) is also about 2 hours from Santa Barbara, with airfares usually
comparable to LAX fares. See Burbankairport.com for more information.

Santa Barbara is also served by Amtrak, with convenient service
from Los Angeles, Burbank Airport, and San Diego. The station is about 1
mile from the hotel.

Santa Barbara weather: In early December nights are cool (5-10 Celsius,
40–50 Fahrenheit) and days are mile (15–20 Celsius, 60–70 Fahrenheit).
The Mediterranean climate makes rain possible, but days may also be
clear and sunny. For current conditions and forecasts, see the Santa Barbara weather forecast.